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The Missing Subject
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Edited Out
November 24, 2010
Peter Green
And All I Ask is a GPS
October 28, 2010
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October 21, 2010
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Stand By Your Whale!
October 20, 2010
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July 22, 2010
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Thinking Small
July 7, 2010
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The Hidden God
June 2, 2010
Alexandra Schwartz
Collected Lightning
November 3, 2003
Zadie Smith
The Limited Circle Is Pure
March 10, 2003
James Wood
The Unwinding Stair
December 31, 2001
Martha C. Nussbaum
When She Was Good
Both novelist and philosopher, Iris Murdoch was an anomaly
May 14, 2001
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Why Literature?
The premature obituary of the book
July 11, 1995
Hans Meyerhoff
The Day Dylan Thomas's Poetic Brilliance Triumphed Over His Sad Alcohol Dependency
He couldn't even pour a glass of water. Then, he began to read his poetry...
May 8, 1995
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Crabby & Evelyn
John Banville reviews Selina Hastings's 'Evelyn Waugh: A Biography.'
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Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
The Fire Last Time
What James Baldwin can and can't teach America.
December 2, 1991
John Updike
John Updike Beautifully Explains How Difficult It Was To Read John Cheever's Tortured Journals
March 11, 1991
Irving Howe
An Exercise in Memory
Eliot and the Jews: A personal confession.

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